Water cooler



May 14, 19.29. M, RAYMOND y WATER COOLER Filed Jan. 9, 1928 l NVENTOR Panarea May 14, 1929.'-

UNITED STATES f 1,713,395 Fica.

'normals RAYMOND, or nnooipYN', NEW Yoan WATER COOLER. i

Application med January 9, ma. serial 1ro. 245,482.

sides in a water cooler f'or use in the ice compartment of a refrigerator and which is used in lieu of theice tray for supporting wthe ice and for utilizing the waste water therefrom for cooling the drinking water within the cooler. X

Another object of the invention is to provide a water cooler which is relatively flat and of`a shape to fit into the ice compartment of a refrigerator and on which the ice is placedy the cooler having an upper drinking Water compartment, and a lower ice Water compartment into which the waste. water from the ice drains, whereby the drinking water to be cooled is acted uponbothby the ice and theice water therefrom caused by the melting 4ice.

A further object is the provision of an ice cooler for .chilling drinking water which is especially adapted for domestic or home use,

and which may be installed in the present style of refrigerators' without altering the construction thereof.

A still further object is to provide an ice cooler of the kind mentioned which may .be conveniently filled with water for drinking purposes and which may be easily washed and kept in a highly sanitary condition at all times. l y

With these and other objects in view, the

invention resides in certain novel construe.

tion and combination and arrangement of parts, the essential features of which are hereinafter fully described, are particularly pointed out in the appended claims, andare iillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a vertical transverse sectional Aview through the ice compartment of a refrigerator showing my improved water cooler in position t erein. Y

Figure 2 isa perspective view of the water cooler per se. y

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view on the I line 3.-?) of Fgure 2.

Figure 4 is a similar view on the line 4 4- Y Figure 5 is a detail vertical sectional view on the line 5-.5 of Figure 2. 4

Referring to the drawing by reference characters, the numeral 10 designates my @improved water cooler in itsrentirety which may be constructed of porcelain, qor metal rshown in Figure 1 of the drawi .the particular refrigerator to which it is to be a plied but which is shown as a relatively shal ow rectangular casing in the drawing. The casing has spaced tubes 12 rising from the bottom wall thereof to an even plane with `the side walls 13 thereof. Fitting over the casing 11 is a lid or cover 14 having annular channels 15' for -receiving the tops of the tubes 12 whereby the cover fits snugly down over the casmg and closes the top of the same together with the tops of the tubes 12 which open throughl the casing bottom.

The cover has v,a trough 16 around itsfvedges and which trough is inclined toward one' of the corners of the same Where an outlet nipple 17 is provided. 4

Extending centrally from the bottom of the casing is a wateroutlet pipe 18 having a cock or valve 19 at the lower end thereof and by which the flow of water from the casing is regulated. A l

The cover 14 has a filling opening 20 adjacent one of the front corners of the same for facilitating the easy filling of the casing `with drinking water and which is closed by a removable cap 21.

Suspended beneath and against the casing 11 is a tray 22 having flanges or brackets 2 3 thereon for vertical .ahgnment with flanges or brackets 24 extending from the f 90 sides and bottoml of the casing. Fastening elements such as bolts 25 pass through theV aligned flangesH and receive retaining nuts 26. The tray. constitutes an ice water compartment 27 for receiving the waste water drained from the top cover 14 when a cake of ice is placed thereon forcooling thegdrinking water compartment 28 within the casing. The waste water from the meltedsice drains from the cover through the nipple 17 into the compartment 27 t rough a pipe 29 rising om one corner of t e tray and into which the nipple extends. The rea side of the'trav has an outlet or overflow pipe 30 receive in a recess 31 provided in the rear side Wall of the casing and it is through this drain pipe 30 that any excess water from the ice water-com artment is carried off.

In practice, t e ice cooler 10 is placed in the ice compartment-32 of' a refrigerator 33 in lieu:v of the vusual corrugated platform Ts e drain 30'over es the drain pipe o the refrigrator while the water outlet pipe 18 eX- l`jtencls through, the usual opening 35'in the bottom of the ice4 compartment so that the cock 19 is accessible throughfthe door of the compartment below the ice compartment;

' When in position, the cake of ice for chilling the refrigerator is placed upon' theJ cover 14 andy by reason of the contactof the ice with the cover, the drinking water contained within the drinking water compartment is cooled thereby. The ice water from the melted ice sheds into the trough and passes into the icewater compartment. 27 -and completely fills the same so that the underside of the drinkingA water compartment is subjected tothe cooling action ofthe waste icewater. The level of the Water inthe compartment 27 is con- Stantly maintained and any excess is carried off by the overflowpipe 30 which carries the water tothe drain pipe 34 of the refrigerator. Bysubjecting the drinking water to the cooling action of the ice andthe waste water therefrom, `the same .may be kept in acool conditionxfordrinking purposes. Warm air' rising up: from the com artment below the Lice compartment 32 wil enter the tube 12 and be cooled bythe water inthe compartment Y28.`

- The casing 11 may be thoroughly washed y a0'y 'the tray 22 by removing the fastenin by removing the cover 14 therefrom, as cin e e.

ments 25. The arrangement of parts acilitates the separation and cleaning of the same whereby the cooler ma be kept ina clean sanitarycondition at a times.

While I have described what I deem to be tion, it is obvious that many of the details may bevaried without in any way departing from the .spirit of my invention, and I there- ,fore do not limit myself to the exact details of construction herein set forth nor to any- I t limited only by/the appended claims.

the most desirable embodiment of my inven' thing lessthan the whole of my invention What is claimed as new is `1. A water cooler including a casing hav- Y ing aremovable cover, an outlet pipe leading therefrom, a trough provided in said cover adjacent the side edges thereof, an ice Water ,compartment beneath said casing, a drain pipe for carry/ing off water from said an overflow pipe leading from said ice water compartment for, draining )excess water therefrom.

2. A water cooler on which a cake of ice is .1

trough to said ice water compartment, and

adapted to be supported comprising a casing having a filling opening inthe top thereof, a

.water discharge pipe leading from said. cassaid casing, a cover removably itted tothetop of said casing and closing the tops of said tubes, a trough provided in said cover adjacent the side edgesthereof, a removable tray supported beneath the bottom of said casing, a passage between said trough and said tray, an overflow for carrying ofi' excess water from said tray, an outlet pipe leading from A said casing, and a control cock arranged in said outlet pipe, substantiallyy asrand for the purpose specied.

,In testimony/ whereof I have aiixed my signature. s

MORRIS RAYMOND. 

